Anne Hailes Today

August is fast running out, back to school, thoughts of Hallowee’n so can Christmas be far behind. I expect like me you are feeling despondent […]

Packing to go away for a few days is something of a nightmare to me, throwing things into bags hoping the essentials are there. But […]

Like many young men, Adam Heayberd didn’t rate school – it didn’t offer much excitement, his heart lay in sport and he was good at […]

Sorry my dear friend Houston, more sport!  Rather Olympic coverage and Olympic emotions.  I like the fact that when the tensions break and the jobs […]

Sport to the right of us, sport to the left of us and I’m caught in the middle again! Golf has just been hit with […]

I couldn’t believe my ears when the 5 Live newsreader told me the hottest day ever in the UK was recorded in Ballywatticock Northern Ireland. […]

PLEASE NOTE: ‘After 55 years of heart-break, it’s the moment we’ve been dreaming of’. So says the Daily Mail of yesterday. What good news is […]

Every now and again a memory is made.  I had one of those experiences recently when I drove with my daughter Susie towards Glenties and […]

“Why do people on television news programmes wave their hand around so much?” So asked someone during the week. The answer varies from – to […]

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL DADS OF BOYS AND GIRLS, MEN AND WOMEN NOT FORGETTING THE FATHERS OF ‘FUR BABIES’, ALL THE ANIMALS THAT MAKE […]